Chechen “warlord” charged in Moscow bombing may be dead
GenevaLunch News Russian authorities Tuesday 29 March charged Doku Umarov, known in Russia as a Chechen warlord, with masterminding the January Domodedovo Moscow Airport bombing. But according to...
View ArticleOil’s big drop Thursday recovers but markets “sombre”
GenevaLunch News The Financial Times described world markets as “sombre” Friday afternoon 6 May despite a recovery from Thursday’s 10 percent price fall for oil, and skittish trading in other markets....
View ArticlePlane crash in Russia kills 44
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Forty-four people died and eight survivors are hospitalized with serious injuries, Russian media are reporting, when a RussAir Tu-134 airplane crashed in the...
View ArticleAnimal rights activists shine a light on Olympics bear
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Vita, an animal rights protection group in Russia, is putting the spotlight on Katya, a longtime star of the Big St Petersburg State Circus who is now being...
View ArticleBolshoi returns to historic, restored stage Wednesday
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – More than six years of renovations were needed to restore the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia to its former glory. The theatre has been home to the renowned...
View ArticleAnti-Putin protesters, opposition leaders arrested in Moscow
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A Monday night Moscow protest of 5-8,000 people, followed by thousands taking to the streets Tuesday, has led to 600 people being arrested, according to Russian...
View ArticleZurich in crosshairs of Moscow, Washington hacker extradition argument
GenevaLunch News ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – A looming battle over the extradition of Russian hacker Vladimir Zdorovenin, who is accused by the US of financial cyber crimes, has Zurich caught in the middle....
View ArticleRussia sees decline in natural population for 20th year
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Some 2,700 mor people died in Russia in 2012 than were born, the 20th straight year of population decline, reports the Moscow Times. The last year when the birth...
View ArticleEasyJet waiting for Russian license, 1 month before flights
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Low-cost British carrier EasyJet is scheduling flights between London and Moscow for mid-March and London-Manchester for the end of March, but the airline is...
View ArticleWorld weather: no March lambs in line
GenevaLunch News Ukraine gets massive snowfall, Taiwan has earthquake, Europe chills out GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The world’s weather is doing everything but letting March go out like a lamb. Taiwan media...
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